Re: 50 years ago today...

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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 07:23:03 +0200, Doc Knutsen
<doc (AT) NOSPAMknutspeed (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Martin Evans wrote:
Doc Knutsen <doc (AT) NOSPAMknutspeed (DOT) com> wrote:
It did have fibreglass bodywork, yes. Upstaged Chapman's Elite.
....but needed a huge ugly chassis to support all the twirly and
springy bits.

But it didn't have aerodynamics 30 years ahead of its time, a light
alloy overhead cam engine, independent suspension all round and look
so, so pretty.

1957 will never be the same again.

It was not designed by Chapman - nor was it designed for the same
market. But it did feature as the first production car with composite
bodywork. Beyond that, any comparisons with the Elite are, of course,
meaningless.
Doc

Well... For one fleeting moment there, Martin felt better about
himself; so it wasn't completely meaningless, to him.

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